Pariah Nexus
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The Pariah Nexus, known to the Necrons themselves as the Contra-Empyric Nexus[5b] is a Necron Pylon array in the Nephilim Sector within Ultima Segmentum.[2]
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Also known as the Zone of Silence[2] and the Nephilim Anomaly,[6] it is a region of space that seems to be free from the influences of the Warp. The Imperium thus named it after the Pariah Gene, which has a similar effect of suppressing the Warp. In truth, the Nexus is a vast Blackstone array constructed by the Necrons, more specifically the Cryptek Szeras and the Nihilakh Dynasty. Considered the pinnacle of Necron cosmic engineering, at the heart of the network is the Xendu System where an immense Blackstone cage has been constructed. Around the System are vast amounts of Necron orbitals and warships to guard over their great work. Further out lay networks of vast Blackstone Pylons, their deployment extending through patterns of non-euclidean fractal crypto-logic incomprehensible to mortal minds. Scattered through nodal and outlier systems, each pylon was a unique colossal structure whose purpose was to sustain and extend a field of anti-empyric energy.[2] Pylons were seeded on target worlds with an immense Pylon Ship.[5a]
During the Indomitus Crusade, the Imperial Battlegroup Kallides was sent to investigate the Nexus, instigating a war there.[2] Imperials in this region soon found themselves effected by a damaging malaise and energy-sapping field dubbed "The Stilling". It is speculated the stilling originates from the many Pylons in the Nexus.[3]
The ensuing war within the Pariah Nexus saw not only the Imperium under Belisarius Cawl's Battle Group Hephaestus battle the forces of the Silent King, but even a Necron civil war between the forces of Szarekh and Imotekh. Recently, Chaos forces under Vashtorr have arrived in the area.[4]
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- 1: Warhammer Community: Warhammer 40,000 Preview – What’s in the Box? (Posted on 13/06/2020) (Last accessed on 13 June 2020)
- 2: Psychic Awakening: Pariah pg.5-6
- 3: Crusade: Beyond the Veil pg.5-7
- 4: Crusade: Pariah Nexus, pgs. 40-43
- 5: The Silent King (Novel)
- 6: Warhammer Community: The Warhammer 40,000 Grand Narrative Is the Best Crusade Event in the World (archived from [1] 3 February 2023, last accessed 30 January 2026) - The Szabryne War, pg. 1
